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Poll: NYers favor Romney over Santorum by wide margin
Albany, NY, Mar 07, 2012 — Republican Mitt Romney barely squeaked out a win over Rick Santorum in the Ohio primary yesterday. But a new poll shows Romney would handily beat Santorum in New York by 15 points. The Siena College Poll also shows that Newt Gingrich trails Romney in New York by 25 points.
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President Barack Obama maintains a lead of roughly 2-to-1 over all the Republican candidates in the state.
Pollsters telephoned more than 800 registered New York voters during the last week of February.
They found that an overwhelming majority, 64% believe that America’s best days are still to come. Only 31% said the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Meanwhile, in the race for the U.S. Senate, democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand has a strong favorability rating and 58% of voters surveyed say they would re-elect her.
Pollsters say that without a well-known or well-funding challenger, Republicans will have a lot of catching up to do win the only statewide office up for election this year.
